Res 823-52 RESOLUTION NO. 82~
OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, there is presently being constructed within the City of
Delray Beach, Florida a new modern four-lane bridge known as the "Atlantic
Avenue Bridge" and
~HqEREAS, the present plans for construction of the approaches to
said bridge provide for widening of the thoroughfare to conform with the
four-lane bridge crossing, and installation of sidewalks and storm sewers,
said approaches reaching approximately from the intersection of Atlantic
Avenue on Palm Avenue on the west to Venetian Drive on the east; and
~E~EP~AS, there will thereby be left fifteen hundred feet~ of
Atlantic Avenue, lying between U. S. No. 1 and Ocean Boulevard, unimproved,
narrow and with poor drainage and sidewalk facilities, and
~HE~, Atlantic Avenue is the main business thoroughfare of the
City of Delray Beach and is the connecting link between U. S. No. 1 and
A1A (Ocean Boulevard) and should be made uniform with the present improvements
connected with the new Atlantic Avenue Bridge and its approaches, and
WHE~, the improvement of the additional fifteen hundred feet
aforesaid could be effected now while the new bridge is under construction
and in connection with the already planned bridge approaches so as not to
interfere with traffic business after completion ~_~ opening of the new
Atlantic Bridge this Fall, and
~tEREAS, the further improvement of the said fifteen hundred feet
along Atlantic Avenue could be done at the present time at a much less cost
to the State, County and City if a contract were let for said improvements
simultaneously with the planned approaches for the bridge now being constructed,
and
WHEREAS, the City of Delray Beach is one of the fastest growing
tourist, agricultural and flower growing communities in the State of Florida,
serving more than twenty-five thousand people during the months of November
to June of each year, and is greatly in need of these improvements along
this main traffic artery, leading from State Highway No. 1 to Ocean Boulevard.
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NOW, THEP~FORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City ~uncil of the City of
Delray Beach, consisting of five members, as follows:
1. That the State Road Department at its annual meeting in
Janua~j, 1952 appropriate funds for the construction, in 1952, of improve-
ments along Atlantic Avenue from U. S. Highway No. 1 to Ocean Boulevard, such
improvements to consist of new pavement, sidewalks and storm sewers to conform
with and be uniform ~ith the construction of the Atlantic Avenue Bridge and
its approaches.
2. That a contract for said proposed improvement along the aforesaid
portions of Atlantic Avenue be let at the same time as a contract is let
for the approaches to said bridge, and that in the letting of said contract,
a provision be made that all of the work along Atlantic Avenue shall be
completed by the contractor at or about the same time as the new Atlantic
Avenue Bridge is completed.
3. That this request is only for approximately fifteen hundred feet
of additional new construction and is justified in view of the need to the
area, and is further justified in view of the great saving which would enure
to the State, County and City by making this additional construction
simultaneously with the improvement of the Atlantic Avenue Bridge.
4. That copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Chairman
of the State Road Department, Honorable Alfred A. McKethan, and to the
Honorable Merrill P. Barber, member of the State Road Department for the
Fourth District and to the Board of County Commissioners, Palm Beach County,
Florida.
This resolution unanimously passed and adopted this the 7th day
of January, 1952.
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This will certify that the above resolution was unanimously passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida at a
meeting held on January 7 , 1952.
DATED: January ~. 1952.
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